Subject: Re: dynamic linking
To: Quentin Garnier <netbsd@quatriemek.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/19/2003 10:37:17
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> Le Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:22:01 -0600 (CST)
> Frederick Bruckman a ecrit :
> > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> >
> > > Le Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:31:58 +0200
> > > Lucio De Re a ecrit :
> [...]
> > > ld.elf_so needs a hint on where to find libraries. You can add hints
> > > in/etc/ld.so.conf (adding /usr/X11R6/lib here is fine),
> >
> > That's not supposed to work on NetBSD. The file installed with the
> > system by default has a different format (and a different purpose).
>
> And what exactly makes you say so ? Given ld.so.conf(5), two types of
> entries can exist, one being a test on the value of a sysctl OID to link
> additional libraries, the other being paths to look libraries in.
I see. I recall the discussion surrounding the proposal that that
syntax not be supported at all, and I guess I misunderstood how it
came out.
Frederick